The numbers are in, and in a surprising turn of events, Saratogans living in the El Quito neighborhood declared that traffic was a bigger issue to them than the development of the Quito Village Shopping Center.

The El Quito Neighborhood Association sent out a survey to approximately 620 homes from Sept. 5 to 8 within the triangle of Saratoga Avenue, Quito Avenue and Highway 85. The association received 110 responses, or about an 18 percent response rate.

“Over and over again the traffic issue kept coming up,” said Jennifer Cauble, co-vice president of the El Quito Neighborhood Association.

Most of the survey’s respondents were homeowners (91 percent), and a majority of those (46 percent) have lived in Saratoga for more than 20 years, according to a report by the association.

Cauble said that she and association members were glad to see such a wide array of respondents. The Quito neighborhood is known as a retirement community, she said, but many of the respondents were working adults and a large portion (31 percent) were families with school-age children.

The survey asked residents to check the topics that were of the most concern to them. The top three concerns, in order, were traffic, the development of the shopping center and crime. Respondents also marked property values, noise levels and traffic enforcement as other key issues facing the neighborhood.

The number of cars in the neighborhood has become a big issue for Quito residents, Cauble said.

“Since the opening of Highway 85, there has been a huge increase [in traffic] throughout the neighborhood, especially during commute hours,” she said, adding that she has heard that about 10,000 vehicles travel up and down Cox Avenue every day.

Because of that high volume of traffic, neighbors have become concerned about cars cutting through their neighborhood streets, and they also worry about speeders, Cauble said.

Cauble added that the two biggest concerns — traffic and the Quito Village Shopping Center development — actually become intertwined because neighbors worry about the effect the development would have on the current traffic problems.

Asked about their top concerns about the impending development, an “overwhelming majority” stated that traffic was a top issue.

Cauble said that the owner of the shopping center, Sand Hill Properties, has stepped back from its original idea of building condominiums over the retail portion of the site and may look to just refurbish the property. If true, neighbors would be willing to listen, Cauble said.

According to the survey results, respondents strongly opposed any rental property, fast food outlets or chain restaurants going into the center. Neighbors were also opposed to creating a San Jose Santana Row-esque center, which would feature second-story housing over retail establishments.

Respondents said that they want to “preserve the neighborhood ambiance,” want to protect large trees on the shopping center property and would want to see individually owned stores in the center. A majority of the neighbors — 56.9 percent — believe they can influence the development plans, the survey found.

Neighbors “are not against a facelift of the center,” she said. “The good news is that they’re not just saying no to change. They are open to change.”

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